Separator for shafts



May [1954 H. HORNSCHUCH 2,679,414

SEPARATOR FQR SHAFTS Filed Feb. 1, 1949 INVENTOR HANNS HORNSGHUGH HIS ATTORNEY.

Patented May 25, 1954 STATES ATENT OFFICE 2,679,414 SEPARATOR FOR SHAFTS Harms Hornschuch, Easton, Pa.,

assignor to Ingersoll-Ranol Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application February 1, 1949, Serial No.

2 Claims.

My invention relates to power shafting, and more particularly to power shafting fastened toether by means of One object of my invention is to facilitate the shafts are coupled together to prevent the opposed shaft ends from abutting each other.

Another object of my invention is to construct the compression member of such a material that to a form that will.

a threaded A plurality of holes 24 in its circumference at the center provide access to the compression member.

The compression member 23 may be constructed of any material which may be more readily altered than the material of the adjacent parts by means of some agent to relieve the comcompressive loads on the surfaces of the shaft ends. These compressive loads tend to lock the threads and prevent the unscrewing of the assembly. By applying heat to the compression member 23 through the holes 24 the compression member unscrewed.

From the foregoing it can be seen that the compression member may be constructed of many materials and that many agents may be used in order to change it to a form which will relieve the stresses on the ends of the shaft i. e.,

disk pliant and thereby destroy the disks ability to function as a spacer and compression member.

I claim:

1. In a coupling rotary driven shaft,

tween said shafts abutting the opposed end portions of the shafts, said disk being constructed of a plastic material which may be rendered pliant by the application of an external agent,

relieve the stresses on the sleeve.

2. In a coupling device, a rotary drive shaft, a rotary driven shaft, a

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